New in-ear headphones from Master & Dynamic are made of brass and have luxe looks, with the sound and price to match. The post Review: Master & Dynamic ME05 In-Ear Headphones appeared first on WIRED.

The Valley Fire burning in Northern California is the highest-priority fire in the nation. Here's a look at the logistics involved in fighting an inferno unlike any other. The post How’s America Tackling Its Epic Fires? With an Epic Scheme appeared first on WIRED.

If you love cars and watch movies, snag a ticket to the Jalopnik Film Festival. The post Jalopnik’s Film Festival Is All Movies for Car Lovers appeared first on WIRED.

The music icon called James Corden's wife to say he loves her. The post Stevie Wonder Made James Corden Cry During Carpool Karaoke appeared first on WIRED.

Thomas Insel has been a trailblazer at the National Institute of Mental Health. What will he do at Alphabet? The post Head of US’s Mental Health Agency Is Leaving for Alphabet appeared first on WIRED.

It's not paranoia if it's confirmed. The post Now You Can Find Out if the NSA and GCHQ Spied on You appeared first on WIRED.

A new lock screen bypass technique requires little more than typing a long string of characters and repeatedly pressing the camera shutter button. The post Hack Brief: Emergency-Number Hack Bypasses Android Lock Screens appeared first on WIRED.

The latest trailer for the YA series you almost forgot is still a thing is here. Finally! The post The Almost Last Divergent Series Trailer: Allegiant appeared first on WIRED.

Cranes use leverage to lift and move heavy objects. Under the wrong conditions, the wind can leverage a crane into disastrous collapse. The post How Foul Weather and Physics Can Turn a Crane Into a Tragedy appeared first on WIRED.

Michael B. Jordan fights to be more than his family name in this new clip. The post The New Rocky-Pseudo-Sequel Trailer: Creed appeared first on WIRED.

Director Jon Favreau's new adaptation looks worthy of its predecessor. The post First Trailer for Disney’s Jungle Book Will Give You Chills appeared first on WIRED.

Just about all of our human exploration of space has been in low Earth orbit, but what exactly is it and why is it special? The post What’s So Special About Low Earth Orbit? appeared first on WIRED.

Virtual reality company AltspaceVR is trying to make HMDs the next must-have office accoutrement. The post Thanks to VR, Your Next Meeting Might Be With Robots appeared first on WIRED.

Galvanic vestibular stimulation is a centuries-old technique for tricking the brain. The post Hacking the Inner Ear for VR—And for Science appeared first on WIRED.

Sony's PlayStation 4-exclusive macabre monster-grindhouse gets its first piece of downloadable content two days before Thanksgiving. The post The First Bloodborne Expansion Is Coming in November appeared first on WIRED.

What's the word for bilingual, but with six million? The post Here Is Your WIRED Star Wars Challenge for Day 135 appeared first on WIRED.

When online ads get too personalized, people find them stalkerish. When recommendation systems are too spot-on, they’re unsettling. The post Technology Is Really Starting to Creep Us Out appeared first on WIRED.

Up to $4 trillion worth of merchandise will languish unpurchased in online shopping carts this year. No wonder trying to build a frictionless buy button remains a crucial effort in online commerce. The post The Buy Button Is the Most Important Icon on the Internet appeared first on WIRED.

From Airbnb to Snapchat, companies are racing to create sleek, name-free logos that are still instantly recognizable. The post Strip Down Your Logo and Make Your Brand a Classic—Now! appeared first on WIRED.

Apple has San Francisco, originally built for the Apple Watch and now the company’s default typeface. Google designed Roboto for all things Android. And Microsoft writes its UI text in Segoe. The post Type Is Crucial for the User Experience: An Expert Analysis appeared first on WIRED.

The food in the freezer at Clear Labs isn't for eating. It's for analyzing. The post This Company Is Using DNA to Sniff Out Contaminated Food appeared first on WIRED.

RYOT's "Welcome to Aleppo" takes viewers inside the devastating Syrian conflict. The post World’s First VR Film Festival Takes You to a Real War Zone appeared first on WIRED.

Here’s some essential background material for helping you understand the world of design today. The post You Can’t Understand Design Without Experiencing These 14 Classic Works appeared first on WIRED.

Anastasia Tsayder takes us inside the stadiums, sporting arenas, and swimming pools of the 1980 summer games in Moscow. The post See What Happened to the Venues of the 1980 Moscow Olympics appeared first on WIRED.

From John Maeda to Future Perfect, these are the essential information sources you need to follow to understand design today. The post 23 Must-Follow Feeds in the World of Design appeared first on WIRED.

Solar panels are usually bulky, opaque, reflective rectangles. Barr, the CEO of Ubiquitous Energy, is reducing solar cells to a thin, transparent film. The post Miles Barr: Every Window Can Be a Solar Cell appeared first on WIRED.

The 26-year-old and her startup, UBeam, are turning sound waves into wireless power for charging gadgets. And unlike other wireless power-ups, her version doesn’t require the gadget to be touching the charger. The post Forget the Cords—Meredith Perry Charges Gadgets With Sound appeared first on WIRED.

Ingram represents a new class of machines that don’t sound like machines. They sound like us. The post Amy Ingram Is an AI That’s Not So Artificial appeared first on WIRED.

His gesture-controlled system for the 2016 BMW 7 Series lets a driver point at the dashboard to answer a call and rotate their hand to adjust volume. The feature will eventually turn up in other BMWs, allowing more of us to gesticulate like conductors. The post Stephan Durach: Wrap Your Car Around Your Finger appeared first on WIRED.

There’s a story behind every broken phone, and Michel Lavache has heard them all. The post A Day in the Life of NYC’s Hottest iPhone Doctor appeared first on WIRED.

As Sony's virtual reality hardware for PlayStation 4 gets closer to release, it gets a final name. The post ‘Project Morpheus’ Is Now Called ‘PlayStation VR’ appeared first on WIRED.

Gold, silver, "steel black" and crystal clear could be your Dual Shock 4's next color. The post Here Are Some Classy New PlayStation 4 Controller Colors appeared first on WIRED.

Why play Minecraft when you can play Minecraft with Slimes? The post Dragon Quest Builders out January 28 in Japan appeared first on WIRED.

First announced in 2004, the history-themed action game seems like it will finally be released on PS4. The post Tecmo Koei’s Old, Old Vaporware Game Ni-Oh Coming to PS4 appeared first on WIRED.

Sega is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its gangster open-world series with lots of games. The post Sega Announces HD Remake of Yakuza, and Yakuza 6 appeared first on WIRED.

The gravity-defying PlayStation Vita action game is getting new life on the home console. The post Sony Brings Gravity Daze and Its Sequel to PS4 appeared first on WIRED.

Retail edition containing the new DLC also on the way for Japan. The post PS4 Bloodborne Gets First Major Expansion, ‘The Old Hunters’ appeared first on WIRED.

Some election officials scour eBay for decommissioned equipment they can cannibalize for parts. The post The Dismal State of America’s Decade-Old Voting Machines appeared first on WIRED.

Check out the livestream of Sony's big PlayStation announcements in Tokyo today. The post Watch Sony’s Tokyo Game Show Press Conference Here appeared first on WIRED.

Porsche is cooking up an all-electric sports car, and it looks like the kind of concept that could rival Tesla Motors as the king of battery-powered cool. The post Porsche Takes Aim at Tesla With a Stunning Electric Concept appeared first on WIRED.

Nintendo's two major Japanese game development crews, EAD and SPD, have been merged into one. The post Nintendo Consolidates Its Game Development Teams appeared first on WIRED.

Tech types aren't going to love this. The post Jeb Bush Asks That You Stop ‘Demonizing’ the NSA, Please appeared first on WIRED.

The Valley Fire burned 61,000 acres in 17 hours, but it's neither the beginning nor the end of California's 2015 fire season. The post California’s Fires Are Barely Contained—And Barely Started appeared first on WIRED.

Steven Soderbergh's second act on television is showing no signs of slowing down. The post The Next Series From Steven Soderbergh Trailer: Red Oaks appeared first on WIRED.

The Lance Armstrong biopic is spinning into theaters, and it's looking kinda good. The post The Two-Wheeled Terror Trailer: The Program appeared first on WIRED.

Dark Cloud 2, Ape Escape 2, and Twisted Metal: Black may soon be released on Playstation 4. The post Sony May Be About to Re-Release These PS2 Classics for PS4 appeared first on WIRED.

The former 'Daily Show' correspondent's TBS show doesn't debut until January, but she's already making her presence felt among late-night hosts. The post Samantha Bee Just Ethered Vanity Fair’s All-Male Late-Night Comedy Feature appeared first on WIRED.

Germany has overtaken the US in total nodes, with France, the Netherlands, and Russia coming close behind. The post Mapping How Tor’s Anonymity Network Spread Around the World appeared first on WIRED.

Bugatti's unveiled a real-life mockup of the Vision Gran Turismo, a virtual concept that previews the upcoming Chiron. The post You Can Afford This Bugatti—But You Can’t Drive It appeared first on WIRED.

Time to get some new material, internet. The post The Entire Internet Made the Same Schwarzenegger Joke Today appeared first on WIRED.